Blaster ROTJ Recipe

[Sidewinder]

Here's a pic of all the main parts together.

 

[Boba Swede]

Too cool for my eyes...
(oooh it burns.. the tears.. they burn)

 

[Real Scooby]

Woow, looks awesome.

Since I recently got the Webley kit from ebay, I was wondering if you will offer casts of the barrel, the scope and the scopeclamps too.

 

[Sidewinder]

Scope rings are molded, working on the barrel etc. That scope is just a cheap 4x20

SAS

 

[stormtrooperguy]

i love the idea of offering a pre-rotj'd barrel as an option

 

[Buckeye 01]

I would be interested in a full kit as well. I don't think it would look right with the cooling fins molded in. IMO they need to be sharp and crisp, as this is what defines the ROTJ blaster. Did you use an o-ring for the mid chamber ring?

 

[pennywise]

I'm thinking of doing a casting of the whole lot as one piece, including the Webley bit seen in the pic. That way I could cast up just the finned/white bit or the whole lot depending on what people want/have already.

There is a handy layout diagram of the rib position on the barrel that I used (Ta whoever). Except it shows the front scope block replacing a section of one rib, whereas I believe it should go between two ribs. The photos of a real prop back this up.

Ribbed for your pleasure (Scope blocks not fixed in place.):

Your on to something now!

 

[Sidewinder]

Thanks PW.

If I did do a mold of the barrel with fins, the castings would be exactly the same as the original - painted up you wouldn't see the difference between original and casting.

The narrow ring is just a thin slice of the white pipe split and glued on place.

SAS

 

[Sidewinder]

Stock greeblies for your perusal:

SAS

 

[Ripcode]

Stock greeblies for your perusal:

SAS

I know the small right greeblie is from the Visible V8 model kit.

Did you make the large left greeblie from scratch??

 

[wizardofflight]

This is coming a long nicely!! Excellent work.

Did you identify the source for large stock plate or did scratch build it?

Keep it coming.

Alan

 

[Sidewinder]

The large one is a scratchbuild scaled from the small one and the pics of the prop shown.
Should be pretty bang on size-wise.

SAS

 

[Ripcode]

The large one is a scratchbuild scaled from the small one and the pics of the prop shown.
Should be pretty bang on size-wise.

SAS

Wow. I must say that is one of the nicest scratchbuilt large greeblies I have seen so far!

 

[Sidewinder]

Soon to be sinking into the RTV West 8)

SAS

 

[Sidewinder]

Greebly ma stock up!

SAS

 

[Sidewinder]

Barrels of laughs:
(2nd pic shows replication of detail)

SAS

 

[Ripcode]

Man.. getting one of these is much more tempting now!

 

[wizardofflight]

That is some beautiful casting, clean and crisp, very nice!! Are you pressure casting?

Alan

 

[Sidewinder]

Nawp, so I do get some bubbles like on the top corners of some of the fins - but they're easy to fill. I always try to minimise them by mold design and 'squidging' the mold while the resin is liquid.

SAS

That is some beautiful casting, clean and crisp, very nice!! Are you pressure casting?

Alan

 

[Real Scooby]

Man, so how much ?